3 and 4, Back Green is a Grade II listed building in the Yorkshire Dales National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 November 1987. Cottage. 3 related planning applications.
3 and 4, Back Green
- WRENN ID
- hushed-stronghold-thyme
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Yorkshire Dales National Park
- Constituency
- Skipton and Ripon MP: Sir Julian Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 November 1987
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 3 and 4, Back Green, Long Preston, North Yorkshire, BD23 4NX
- OS grid reference
- SD 833 581
- Coordinates
- 54.01877, -2.25591
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 3 and 4 Back Green are two cottages that were formerly one house. They date from the late 17th century and have been altered in the 19th and 20th centuries. The building is constructed of slobbered rubble with painted stone dressings and has a stone slate roof. It has an L-shaped plan and is two storeys high with three bays.
The left-hand entrance features a plain surround and a plank door, while the right-hand entrance is set in a recessed bay with a chamfered surround, a plank door, and a large slate hood supported by stone corbels. There are two niches to the left of this entrance and a smaller recess above the hood. The ground floor has a varied arrangement of windows, including a single light chamfered staircase window and a central former two-light double chamfered window, which now has its mullion missing and is fitted with fixed lights. The upper floor features left-hand and central windows with plain surrounds, sashes with glazing bars on the left, and 20th-century casements on the right. The right-hand former two-light double chamfered window also has its mullion missing and is fitted with 20th-century casements. A ridge stack is located left of centre.
Inside No 3, there is a stone dog-leg staircase with splat balusters. No 4 is reputed to contain an inglenook fireplace, which is now concealed by a 20th-century fireplace.
Local climate
3 and 4, Back Green sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,320 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2010
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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